Top Filipino hip-hop dance crew to star at Carson, Calif. PH Indy Day fest

Hip-hop dance group Junior New System, seen here with AGT’s Simon Cowell, will be performing at the event on Saturday, June 10, from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Veterans Park. FACEBOOK

CARSON, California – A Filipino hip-hop dance group that has appeared on”America’s Got Talent,” “Asia’s Got Talent” and the World Championships of Performance Arts will among the top entertainers at this year’s Philippine Independence Day Celebration in The City of Carson.

Hip-hop dance group Junior New System will be performing at the event on Saturday, June 10, from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Veterans Park.

The all-male hip-hop dance group was formed in 2009, when its members were only in their prepubescent to early teen years. It was an offshoot of a slightly older dance group, the New System Dance Crew, whose members were their mentors and in some cases actually their older brothers, hence the name Junior New System.

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The group’s members, all from very humble backgrounds in Sampaloc, Manila, and attend public schools in the vicinity. “We are very proud to be Filipino,” said the group’s Artistic Director Marcial Visda.

For more information about the event, contact city staff at Veterans Park at 310-830-9991 or 424-202-1463.

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